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<!--Since the pivotal choice determines whether you can even enter Magicant or not to begin with, I'm considering it a spoiler for the purpose of this section until further notice, just to play it safe. I'm still looking for a way to work around this and minimize additional spoiler tags regardless, and would appreciate discussion on this point (particularly whether or not to keep Magicant info spoilered). -Umbire-->
<!--Since the pivotal choice determines whether you can even enter Magicant or not to begin with, I'm considering it a spoiler for the purpose of this section until further notice, just to play it safe. I'm still looking for a way to work around this and minimize additional spoiler tags regardless, and would appreciate discussion on this point (particularly whether or not to keep Magicant info spoilered). -Umbire-->
* [[Absurdly High Level Cap]]: The default level cap of 99 remains from the original ''EarthBound'', but you'll likely still be straining to reach the thirties by the time you complete the game.
* [[Absurdly High Level Cap]]: The default level cap of 99 remains from the original ''EarthBound'', but you'll likely still be straining to reach the thirties by the time you complete the game.
* [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]]: The Twoson sewers, which are filled with hippies and rats. {{spoiler|It takes you across the ocean to Winters, with the waters becoming blood red, the hippies zombified, and mutated roaches and blobs emerging.}}
* [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]]: The Twoson sewers, which are filled with hippies and rats. {{spoiler|As you travel across the ocean to Winters, the waters become blood red, the hippies are zombified, and mutated roaches and blobs start emerging.}}
* [[Adaptational Villainy]]: {{spoiler|Dr. Andonuts - from eccentric good-hearted inventor to murderous, mind-broken madman. Good ''lord''}}.
* [[All There in the Manual]]: The Monster Book item gives a short explanation of which [[Standard Status Effects]] [[Tactical Rock-Paper-Scissors|affect which types of monsters]]. It serves as a major hint ([[Guide Dang It|albeit one easy to miss]]) that those [[Useless Useful Spell|typically neglected status-effect PSI]] are gonna come in handy down the line.
* [[All There in the Manual]]: The Monster Book item gives a short explanation of which [[Standard Status Effects]] [[Tactical Rock-Paper-Scissors|affect which types of monsters]]. It serves as a major hint ([[Guide Dang It|albeit one easy to miss]]) that those [[Useless Useful Spell|typically neglected status-effect PSI]] are gonna come in handy down the line.
* [[Animate Body Parts]]: {{spoiler|Dearkhart and the Anxiety Attack enemies. The "NO NO NO" boss combines this with [[Cognizant Limbs]], as defeating the "chest" takes out the other two.}}
* [[Animate Body Parts]]: {{spoiler|Dearkhart and the Anxiety Attack enemies. The "NO NO NO" boss combines this with [[Cognizant Limbs]], as defeating the "chest" takes out the other two}}.
* [[Anthropomorphic Personification]]: Bound to occur, given how much time you spend in {{spoiler|Dr. Andonuts's Magicant. Dearkhart, NO NO NO, and the Phaze Destrotur personify different aspects of his mind - respectively, Jeff's (presumed) hatred for him, his repressed homosexuality, and his guilt over supposedly causing the deaths of the Chosen Four}}.
* [[Apologetic Attacker]]: The Desperate Survivors.
* [[Apologetic Attacker]]: The Desperate Survivors.
* [[Art Style Dissonance]]: From recolors of normal ''Earthbound'' enemies to [[Bloodier and Gorier|more visceral]] [[Darker and Edgier|and dark]] resprites to completely original art, and then back every so often.
* [[Art Style Dissonance]]: From recolors of normal ''Earthbound'' enemies to [[Bloodier and Gorier|more visceral]] [[Darker and Edgier|and dark]] resprites to completely original art, and then back every so often.
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* [[Final Boss]]: {{spoiler|Dr. Andonuts.}}
* [[Final Boss]]: {{spoiler|Dr. Andonuts.}}
* [[Gorn]]: Everything from the Twoson sewers on drowns the player in several sentences of gory details.
* [[Gorn]]: Everything from the Twoson sewers on drowns the player in several sentences of gory details.
* [[Guest Fighter]]: <!--Guest Character:-->Varik is the protagonist of ''[[Brandish]]''.
* [[Guide Dang It]]: Without looking it up or else thinking to buy the Monster Book in Burglin Park, you're not likely to realize the importance of the status effect spells this time around - and [[Nintendo Hard|given how... rough this hack is]], odds are not knowing will possibly kill you a few times over at minimum.
* [[Guide Dang It]]: Without looking it up or else thinking to buy the Monster Book in Burglin Park, you're not likely to realize the importance of the status effect spells this time around - and [[Nintendo Hard|given how... rough this hack is]], odds are not knowing will possibly kill you a few times over at minimum.
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: In ''spades''. A solid chunk of the edited dialogue causes this (even in the earliest parts of the game), which reflects its overall nature: a charming, irreverent and silly adventure similar to the original ''EarthBound'' that hides a much darker and harrowing tale... {{spoiler|And then you enter Dr. Andonuts' Magicant, where things start to [[Zig-Zagging Trope|zig-zag]] and just get downright ''weird''.}}
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: In ''spades''. A solid chunk of the edited dialogue causes this (even in the earliest parts of the game), which reflects its overall nature: a charming, irreverent and silly adventure similar to the original ''EarthBound'' that hides a much darker and harrowing tale... {{spoiler|And then you enter Dr. Andonuts' Magicant, where things start to [[Zig-Zagging Trope|zig-zag]] and just get downright ''weird''.}}
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** Remnants seem to be the animated molten remains of Starmen.
** Remnants seem to be the animated molten remains of Starmen.
* [[Palette Swap]]: All over the place at first; simple recolors such as Stench Elementals and Frankensteams<ref>swaps of Putrid Moldy Man and Frankystein Mark II respectively</ref> give the appearance of a more "standard" hack, though it's subverted [[Bloodier and Gorier|alarmingly fast]] midway through the Twoson Sewers. From that point on, most enemy battle sprites are either heavily edited or else made from scratch.
* [[Palette Swap]]: All over the place at first; simple recolors such as Stench Elementals and Frankensteams<ref>swaps of Putrid Moldy Man and Frankystein Mark II respectively</ref> give the appearance of a more "standard" hack, though it's subverted [[Bloodier and Gorier|alarmingly fast]] midway through the Twoson Sewers. From that point on, most enemy battle sprites are either heavily edited or else made from scratch.
* [[Psychic Powers]]: Varik ([[Informed Flaw|despite the game's insistence to the contrary]]). {{spoiler|Paula and Poo also have them, as does the now-insane Dr. Andonuts.}}
* [[Purple Prose]]: The narration, enemy introductions, their attack messages, even their ''death'' messages... this hack can get pretty wordy, and trying to read it all isn't helped by the auto-scrolling text in some cases.
* [[Purple Prose]]: The narration, enemy introductions, their attack messages, even their ''death'' messages... this hack can get pretty wordy, and trying to read it all isn't helped by the auto-scrolling text in some cases.
* [[Remixed Level]]: Many of the ''EarthBound'' maps are reused in different contexts.
* [[Remixed Level]]: Many of the ''EarthBound'' maps are reused in different contexts.
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